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CREST - Consortium for Research in Elder Self-Neglect

Houston, Texas

Providing geriatric care
Crest
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Pilot study

Specific aims of the pilot study:

  1. Establish a case definition for self-neglect
  2. Describe the phenotype of self-neglectors, and
  3. Develop and test models to explain the relationships among physical, cognitive, and socioeconomic factors, and the incidence and progression of self-neglect.

To accomplish the aims, the following three studies are being conducted simultaneously:

  1. validate the Self-neglect Severity Scale, already developed by TEAM
  2. assess the feasibility of a comprehensive nutritional assessment using NASA methodology
  3. measure muscle strength and APOe4 in self-neglecting elders

Enrollment update: 91 cases and 91 controls as of August 14, 2006.

Research Team Members:

Sabrina Pickens

Jason Burnett

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